Sessions

An overview of all Programming on the Vlaai sessions

Upcoming sessions

Workshop documentation and reproducibility @ Maastricht Computing Days

πŸ“… When 29 October 2026, 10:00–13:00
πŸ“ Where Tapijn Kazerne 11, 6211ME Maastricht, room I1.013 (A & B)
πŸ‘₯ For whom Researchers and students of Maastricht University
🎯 Level Level 0 – Level 2

Speakers: Melisse Houbrechts and Alisa Huber β€” University Library, Maastricht University.

This session will feature an interactive workshop on code documentation and reproducibility, led by the research software stewards of the University Library. The workshop will explore common challenges in documenting code, good practices, and tools that can help make your code easier to understand, use, and reproduce.

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R for qualitative data – For total newbies

πŸ“… When 24 November 2026, 15:00–17:00
πŸ“ Where Maastricht University β€” location TBC
πŸ‘₯ For whom Researchers and students of Maastricht University
🎯 Level Level 0 – Level 2

Speaker: Dr. Szilvia ZΓΆrgΕ‘ β€” Departement Metamedica, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University.

During this workshop, we will explore the fundamentals of working with textual data using the programming language R. We will explore use cases and do some digital experimentation ourselves, focused on topics such as qualitative coding and data segmentation, visualization, and analytical innovation. The workshop is designed for researchers who generally perform qualitative coding (by hand or with software) when working with their data, and would want to explore answers to the question: What is R and why would it be useful in my work?

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Past sessions

Introduction to R

πŸ“… When 29 September 2026, 15:00–17:00
πŸ“ Where FSE, Paul-Henri Spaaklaan 1, Room C1.005.
πŸ‘₯ For whom Researchers and students of Maastricht University
🎯 Level Level 0 – Level 2

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Viechtbauer β€” Associate Professor of Methodology and Statistics, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University.

R is one of the most widely used programming languages and open-source environments for statistical computing and data visualisation. It is applied across a broad range of research fields including the social sciences, economics, psychology, epidemiology, and bioinformatics.

Material:

- https://github.com/wviechtb/workshop_2026_intro_to_r

- https://zenodo.org/records/23191573